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Why do you die of hypothermia if you fall through ice into freezing cold water?
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∙ 13y ago
very much so, if not treated. if it is with amputation however, you'll just lose whatever they cut off.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 9y agoExtreme cold weather causes ice crystals to form in the blood and other systems. This eventually kills the cells causing systemic collapse.
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∙ 9y agoThere are many dangers of hypothermia including death. You could also get frostbite and in very rare and extreme cases nerve damage.
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∙ 14y agoNot really. Your body gets really numb and your blood freezes. You get hypothermia and your brain shuts down and you die.
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∙ 13y agoBecause it is cold so your body shuts down.
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What happens if cold water is on flesh to long?
Hypothermia
What is the name for being in cold water to long?
Hypothermia.
How cold does it need to be for glaciers to form?
below the freezing tempature of water
What diseases do you get from blizzards?
Blizzards aren't known to give off unique diseases, but they can give you a cold or pneumonia due to the freezing temperatures. You can also get frostbite or hypothermia if outside while the blizzard is occuring.
How does salt keep wet roads from freezing in the cold weather?
The freezing point of water is lowered because by dissolution salt release heat.
What did some survivors of Titanic die of?
Some survivors of the Titanic died of hypothermia when they fell in the water, because the water was freezing cold.
'Can you get hypothermia from being in a cold shower for a long period of time?
yes you can but the water would have to be close to freezing and the room would have to be vary cold
Did Jack die in Titanic and if so how?
yes. He dies. He dies of hypothermia in the freezing cold ocean.
How did people die in the water in titanic?
Because the water was very cold (-2o C), many of the passengers died because of that. I would think that some of them also got hurt before they got in the water, causing them to either drown because they was unconscious, or because they bled to death. Some of the passengers probably didn't had their life vest on, forcing them to struggle to keep them self afloat. They probably drowned (from being exhausted) / froze to death (from the cold water). Many of the passengers could possibly have been saved if the lifeboats had came back for them.
Is it possible to get hypothermia in the shower?
Yes, but you'd have to be in there a bloody long time and it would have to be absolutely freezing. 10-20 minutes of freezing cold water won't give you hypothermia, you have to make your body cold enough to make your enzymes denature, which I think happens when they drop below 36ish degrees.
Do octopi get hypothermia?
No, it sometimes live in cold water.
What happens if cold water is on flesh to long?
Hypothermia
What is the name for being in cold water to long?
Hypothermia.
How cold is the temperature to freeze to death in Antarctica?
Hypothermia, a precursor to death from freezing, occurs when body temperatures slip below about 35.0° C (95.0° F). Given that most of the Antarctic continent exists in below-freezing temperatures, hypothermia is possible within about an hour without proper extreme cold weather clothing, and death by freezing will follow.
The dangerous of hypothermia is greatest for a person in which situation?
Immersed in cold water
When the water in a pond gets cold that it hardens on the surface it is going through which change state?
freezing. Is the answer to this question
What are the side effects of bing in cold water for a long time?
Hypothermia and death.
